| Name | Desmodium barbatum (Linnaeus) Bentham ex Bentham & Oersted |
| Authorship | (Linnaeus) Bentham ex Bentham & Oersted |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | Unknown |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| Contains | Desmodium barbatum var. argyreum (Welwitsch ex Baker) B. G. Schubert Desmodium barbatum var. dimorphum (Welwitsch ex Baker) B. G. Schubert Desmodium barbatum var. procumbens B. G. Schubert |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium barbatum (Linnaeus) Bentham ex Bentham & Oersted |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |